Nothing to Smile About

Nuff people come to Jamaica And nuh know how we live think seh Everything nice through we full of vibes and think Hey, hey, dem say want feelin' to dem heart When dem get fi overstand di real thing, yeah Mi deh ya town one day A par with a white man weh come all the way from Norway And him turn to mi and say How comes Jamaica full of so much screwface Same time mi lift mi head to the sky And a tear drop fall from mi eye Mi say my youth come we go out for a drive Mek mi show you why mi cry Look 'pon di gully side Do you see anything fi smile 'bout Look at that hungry child yeah Do you see anything fi smile 'bout Look at the school weh deh youth dem go fi get dem education Do you see anything fi smile 'bout Look at the conditions of our police stations Do you see anything fi smile 'bout, no Same time the bredda say How can a nation be living this way And the next thing him say How can the government play so many games Same time mi heart fall to the ground 'Cause there's much more where that come from Certain place deh ya worse dan slum Youth man come And take a look 'pon Riverton Do you see anything fi smile 'bout Look pon Payne Land, yeah Do you see anything fi smile 'bout Flankers, Mobay and Sufferers Heights in Nos Spain Do you see anything fi smile 'bout Hope Flats, Kentiyah, Motom Bay are all the same Do you see anything fi smile 'bout No, no No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Oh no no, oh no no No, let me say Nuff people come to Jamaica And nuh know how we live think seh Everything nice through we full of vibes and think Hey, hey, dem say want feelin' to dem heart When dem get fi overstand di real thing When dem look 'pon the gully side Dem nuh see nottin' deh deh fi smile 'bout When dem look 'pon a hungry child yeah Dem nuh see nottin' deh deh fi smile 'bout When dem look pon deh schools weh de youth dem go fi get dem education Dem nuh see nottin' deh deh fi smile 'bout When dem sight up the conditions of our police stations Dem nuh see nottin' deh deh fi smile 'bout The story seh Mi deh ya town one day A par with a white man weh come all the way from Norway And him turn to mi and say How comes Jamaica full of so much screwface Same time mi lift mi head to the sky And a tear drop fall from mi eye Mi sey my youth come we go out for a drive Mek mi show you why mi cry Take a look 'pon Riverton Do you see anything fi smile 'bout Look 'pon Payne Land Do you see anything fi smile 'bout Canterberry Mobay, March Pen Do you see anything fi smile 'bout Nuff likkle place deh ya inna Jamdown today Weh nottin' no deh deh fi smile 'bout No no No no no no no no no no no no Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah No no no no no Nottin' no deh fi smile bout